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Ozy_Flame · 03-13-2019, 04:02 PM

Former UCP board member says he was bullied for helping investigation into ‘kamikaze’ campaign

A former member of a United Conservative constituency association in Southern Alberta delivered a blistering rebuttal Wednesday to party leader Jason Kenney’s characterization of a recent slew of resignations.

Mark Hudson was one of six board members who departed the UCP Livingstone-MacLeod constituency association earlier this month. In a statement to media Wednesday morning, Hudson said he left because of personal attacks and bullying by UCP board members over his co-operation with an investigation into Jeff Callaway’s short-lived 2017 leadership campaign.

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“While the vast majority of the (constituency association) board has been supportive of me, I cannot continue given the increasing gravity of the election commissioner’s investigation, for I feel the bullying would simply worsen,” Hudson wrote. “I cannot simply hide away in a corner and shut up.”

Hudson also refuted suggestions by Kenney and UCP MLA Jason Nixon that the recent exodus of UCP Livingstone-Macleod board members was driven by bitterness over the results of a recent nomination race.

03-13-2019, 04:02 PM	#2611
Ozy_Flame Posted the 6 millionth post! Join Date: Feb 2002 Exp:	Former UCP board member says he was bullied for helping investigation into ‘kamikaze’ campaign A former member of a United Conservative constituency association in Southern Alberta delivered a blistering rebuttal Wednesday to party leader Jason Kenney’s characterization of a recent slew of resignations. Mark Hudson was one of six board members who departed the UCP Livingstone-MacLeod constituency association earlier this month. In a statement to media Wednesday morning, Hudson said he left because of personal attacks and bullying by UCP board members over his co-operation with an investigation into Jeff Callaway’s short-lived 2017 leadership campaign. ... “While the vast majority of the (constituency association) board has been supportive of me, I cannot continue given the increasing gravity of the election commissioner’s investigation, for I feel the bullying would simply worsen,” Hudson wrote. “I cannot simply hide away in a corner and shut up.” Hudson also refuted suggestions by Kenney and UCP MLA Jason Nixon that the recent exodus of UCP Livingstone-Macleod board members was driven by bitterness over the results of a recent nomination race.